Cairo Prince Filly Seeks First Graded Score in Victory Ride

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Chad Brown trainee Royal Charlotte (Cairo Prince) seeks her fourth victory from as many tries but first at the graded level in Friday’s GIII Victory Ride S. at Belmont Park. The First Row Partners representative took a key heat by four lengths at Gulfstream Mar. 16 before beating a decisive next-out Belmont allowance winner in the Keeneland mud Apr. 19. The grey earned her first black-type victory after uncorking a sweeping turn move in Monmouth’s Hystericalady S. May 27.

New York-bred Sue’s Fortune (Jump Start), winner of last summer’s GII Adirondack S., finished far back in the GI Frizette S. going a mile here last fall but returned a winner in state-bred allowance company May 18. She earned a stand-out 97 Beyer Speed Figure when finishing second to the streaking, five-for-five GSW Break Even (Country Day) in the local Jersey Girl S. June 9.

‘TDN Rising Star‘ Brill (Medaglia d’Oro) is an intriguing entrant. Having been transferred from the embattled Jerry Hollendorfer to Don Chatlos since her last start, OXO Equine’s $1-million Fasig-Tipton July purchase finished off her juvenile campaign last term with a distant third to Bellafina (Quality Road) in the GI Chandelier S. at Santa Anita Sept. 29. She checked in runner-up first off the bench in her most recent sprint at Oaklawn Mar. 22, and was a close third in the GIII Fantasy S. behind Lady Apple (Curlin). The bay was fourth in the nine-panel GII Black-Eyed Susan S. at Pimlico May 19, and gets first-time blinkers with two very fast bullets over Big Sandy on display leading up to this.

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